Three Harvard/Radcliffe Athletes Medal at Rowing World Cup

LUCERNE, Switzerland - Six
Harvard/Radcliffe rowers completed at the Rowing World Cup on the
Rotsee. Malcolm Howard '05, Esther Lofgren '09 and Cameron
Winklevoss '04 brought home medals in their respective races.

Lofgren and the U.S. women's eight finished second behind
Romania and ahead of the Netherlands in the only heat of the event.
Lofgren sat in the three seat of the U.S boat that maintained its
second-place position throughout the race. The Netherlands closed
in on the American crew but was unable to catch them as the U.S.
clocked in at 6:13.18.

Howard earned a silver medal in the men's eight as the five seat
in the Canadian entry. Canada won its trial heat to earn a spot in
the A level final. Germany won the gold medal with a time of
5:33.56, followed by Canada in 5:36.09 and the Netherlands in
5:37.99.

Winklevoss won bronze in the men's four. The Americans finished
second in the first heat of the event to advance directly to the A
level final. The USA boat, which stood in fifth at the first 500
meters, made up ground over the next 1,000 meters and along with
Slovenia passed Germany to earn a spot on the medal stand. Germany
won gold, followed by Slovenia and the United States.

Henrik Rummel '09 sat in the six seat of the U.S. men's eight.
The boat finished third in the first heat, getting beat out by
Italy at the line. In the repechage, the Italians again robbed the
Americans, finishing a 0.01 second ahead of the Americans, putting
the US boat in the B final. The U.S. boat won the B final by 2.79
seconds.

Rising senior Martin Eiermann and Mortiz Hafner '09 finished
second in the B final of the men's lightweight pair. The twosome,
competing for Germany, rowed a very tight final race against
another pair from Germany. Eiermann and Hafner battled back
and forth down the 2,000 meter course and held a .02 second lead at
the 1,500 meter mark, but were edged by the duo of Ross Hunter and
Oliver Mahony by .01 of a second.

Two other Harvard rowers will compete this summer in the 2009
FISA U23 World Championships August 5-8 in Brive-la-Gaillarde,
France. Rising seniors Richard Anderson and Jeff Overington will
represent Canada in the men's eight and the lightweight men's four,
respectively.